Crime Dramas: The Departed

To begin, the Massachusetts State Police Department in the movie The Departed is an organized police department. The labor is divided in that every staff member has a particular job to do. Colin Sullivan and Billy Costigan are recruited by Staff Sergeant Dignam and Captain Queenan, who are at a higher level than most of the officers at the department. Dignam and Queenan are both supervisors, however, Qeenan has more authority. This shows that there is a chain of command within the department as well as unity of command.

The genre of crime friction has many different types of elements that make it so suspenseful for the reader. The main elements that a crime fiction will have is the detective and the villain that have challenging wits. The short stories that we have looked at, are the adventures of the speckled band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle looks at the more traditional elements compare to Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl and Fresh Bait by Sherryl Clark. The main elements that are in the crime fiction that may be used effectively or differently, for example the challenging wits between the detective and the villain and other things like setting, pace and victims. The three convention I will be comparing/ contrasting is the pace, the victims and the wits between the detective and the villain.

Hollywood scripts and television programming are filled with storylines of crime and criminal justice. The viewing public consumes crime

The Catcher in the Rye has been linked to many murder cases throughout it’s time. Mark David Chapman, who had an obsession with the book, murdered John Lennon. Also, John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate our former president, Ronald Reagan, was thought to be obsessed with the book as well. There are many other people whose murders or attempted murders are thought to be connected to The Catcher in the Rye, such as Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination on John F. Kennedy, and Robert John Bardo , the man who killed Rebecca Schaeffer.. Holden Caulfield might have some criminal potential as well, having similar traits of killers.

The Shawshank redemption depicts an innocent man, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), sentenced guilty for murder of his wife and her lover. During the movie we follow Andy’s time in prison and with famous actors Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman working together with director Stephen King, the Shawshank redemption sends a strong message about both incarceration and hope. In my opinion it would be an insult to the film industry in whole to even attempt remaking a movie this powerful. Stephen King has created a character that, despite his wrongful conviction, is able to see light where there is dark. Andy Dufresnes makes the best of the future instead of evaluating the past.

The following poster was designed by Noah Van Belle to explore the deeper meaning, found in the film The Shawshank Redemption, in just a single and simplistic image. The primary image, which is a rock hammer, represents the motifs of friendship and hope that is displayed throughout the film. The rock hammer is the first item that Andy, the protagonist, obtains from Red, who is also an inmate. This exchange between Red and Andy is the spark of their strong friendship. This friendship proved to be beneficial to Andy not only because he was able to obtain the resources, that he needed for his escape, from Red but he also had a partner to keep him from going insane, in a brutal place such as Shawshank. Red also benefited tremendously from his friendship

The Changes in Police and Crime Drama Over Time Crime drama has always been featured as one of the most popular genres of our society. However over the year’s crime drama has been changed and adapted to fit into different times. Many aspects of crime drama have been changed such as camera shots, seriousness of crimes and police language/jargon in order for crime drama to change with the times, become more realistic and retain its former popularity. Throughout time many crime programmes featured on T.V have changed through Media language (Iconography, editing, camerawork and music).

Science plays a major role in the story line of NBC’s police-procedural drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; more specifically, forensic science. From beginning to end, the characters depend on the use and their understanding of forensic science to uncover the mysteries of each examined case. The advancements in technology along with the psychological approach used by detectives to solve each case make the serious and critical role that science plays more than evident to the audience.

The two movies that I have decided to watch were “Red Tails”, and “The Great Gatsby”. Both of these movies represented heroic adversity that American people have faced throughout our nation history. One example of this is from the movie “Red Tails”, when the main character Lightening fought a German plane from the front to kill the enemy, while at the same time risking his life. Another example of heroic adversity is from the movie “The Great Gatsby”, when the main character Jay Gatsby became a war hero killing the German army single handedly 5-1. A final example of heroic adversity was the love side of both movies. In “Red Tails” the main character Lightening life, and marriage was cut short from him defending his country and disobeying orders.

dramatic and unforgettable. The audience usually forgets when someone survives, they will often say that it was a good movie with a happy ending, but when the main character of a film dies, it makes it unforgettable to the audience. They will talk about his death and how good or bad he was. Maclean was the one who decided that Paul was going to die, but Redford gave more drama and suspense to his death. Paul and Norman loved

Most television crime shows feature cases that are loosely based on real life crimes. There may be a disclaimer presented at the beginning or end of the show that says it’s fictional and not based on real life characters or events but If you keep up with the news or read crime statistics, you hear about very similar events that are happening in real life. I watched two shows, one was Criminal Minds and the other was Law & Order SVU. I observed the race and gender of the people involved in the stories.

How to Get Away with Murder has a multitude of elements that come into play throughout the series. The series follows a group of law students being mentored by Annalise Keating, a prominent defense attorney. The group deal with multiple deaths, usually caused by them, by using anything ranging from their knowledge of the law to hired hitmen to get their way. The repeated theme in the series exposes the harsh reality of how the local government and the people within are corrupt. A conscienceless society is a major concept that shapes each character’s narcissistic frame of mind where they will do anything to achieve their own personal goals.

Criminal behaviour has been so constant in movies that are the following genre of a greater understanding of crime in film: thriller, action, suspense, mystery, detective, prison, film noir and the most modern heist. The crime genre started with one main sub-genre, and that was the gangsta genre. The crime genre appeals to a mainstream and diverse audiences because of all the elements of the film. Firstly, the action elements of the films which include shoot-outs and car chases appeal to the mainstream audience.

A very popular 1995 film involving crime is “Bad Boys” directed by Michael Bay. Michael Bay and his team of writers were able to film a highly intense action-comedy based around two detectives fighting organized crime. By examining distortions, crime causation theories, and the image portrayed in “Bad Boys,” the viewer is absorbed into the Hollywood perspective of our justice system.

According to Thomas Schatz, in most gangster films, the genre dictates that the gangster always gets killed or goes to jail. There is nothing different that will, or should happen, and Scarface closely follows Schatz’s model of Hollywood’s genres. Schatz’s model is concerned with the movie’s alignment with classical Hollywood setting and narrative.